A collapse at a quarry on Thursday in Fugu County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province killed 12 and injured 11 others.

A mountain wall near the pit collapsed around 1:20 pm Thursday, burying 23 workers in a work shed near the cliff.

As of 4 am Friday, rescuers had found all the buried workers.

Fugu County government officials rushed to the scene to direct rescue efforts and investigate the cause of the accident.

Located in the northern part of the Shaanxi Province, Fugu County is more than 900 kilometers from the provincial capital Xi'an.

(Xinhua News Agency November 14, 2003)